Morphy Auctions: The Art of War in America, 1750-1850: The James L. Kochan Study Collection, 121024, Denver

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Auction Date
December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Page Size: 111 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1410 JOHN HILL AFTER 'AN OFFICER OF H.M.R.N.'

LAST NAVAL BATTLE OF THE WAR OF 1812--USS PRESIDENT VS. HMS ENDYMION 1815.

London, 1 May 1815. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 544.00
1412

US NAVY IN QUASI-WAR AND BARBARY WARS--2 COMPLETE SETS. 1797-1805.

Washington, DC 1935-1938, USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 320.00
1419

MANUSCRIPT ROSTER OF US MARINE DETACHMENT AT PORTSMOUTH, 1824.

1824 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 256.00
1423

2 WAR OF 1812 CHEESEBOX CANTEENS. 'US' AND MILITIA VOLS.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 704.00
1432

CIVIL WAR ERA UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR US NAVY AND MARINE CORPS (1852).

Washington 1852 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1438

RARE GEORGETOWN-PRINTED 1824 "SCHOOL OF CAVALRY" MANUAL BY TONE.

Georgetown, D.C. 1824 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
1439

RARE USN 1820 UNIFORM REGULATION BROADSIDE WITH SCHEMATIC ENGRAVING.

Washington, DC 1820 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 160.00
1445

COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY ORDNANCE/ARTILLERY MANUALS AND JOURNALS..

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
1448

ARCHIVE ON US ORDNANCE TESTS OF TREADWELL PATENT CANNON, 1843

1843 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1450 [CIVIL WAR]. ADALBERT VOLCK (1828-1912).

CONFEDERATE WAR ETCHINGS BY ADALBERT VOLCK, C. 1888

Not dated, c. 1885 c.1888 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 384.00
1454

JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR ARMY HISTORICAL RESEARCH. 68 OP ISSUES, 1930S-1990S.

1930S-1990S. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 224.00
1455

OUT-OF-PRINT REFERENCE BOOKS ON SADDLERY AND HORSE EQUIPAGE.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
1457 Willoughby Verner, ed.

THE RIFLE BRIGADE CHRONICLE. 23 VOLUMES. 1890-1919.

London 1891-1820 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
2105

LOT OF 3: QUALITY BRITISH MACHINE GUN REFERENCE BOOKS.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 384.00
2106

LOT OF 4: GERMAN MACHINE GUN AND MAUSER REFERENCE BOOKS.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 480.00
2107

LOT OF 4: THE BROWNING MACHINE GUN VOLUMES I-IV.

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 448.00
2303

FRAMED 1900 WINCHESTER ADVERTISING CALENDAR.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
2304

FRAMED COLT TEX AND PATCHES POSTER WITH ORIGINAL LETTER.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
2305

ENGRAVED FRENCH AND INDIAN NEW YORK MAP POWDER HORN DATED JUNE 29, 760.

USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,040.00
2307

MASSIVE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ENGRAVED "A MAP OF AMERICA" POWDER HORN BY THE POINTED TREE ARTIST.

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 9,600.00
2309

ENGRAVED FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR NEW YORK MAP POWDER HORN OF ABNER ROBINSON DATED 1759.

USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,632.00
2310

ENGRAVED NIAGARA JULY 24, 1759 DATED NEW YORK MAP POWDER HORN.

1759 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,352.00
3349

LOT OF MISCELLANEOUS FIREARMS EPHEMERA AND ADVERTISING.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 640.00
3350

LOT OF MISCELLANEOUS FIREARMS EPHEMERA AND ADVERTISING.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 640.00
3355

CIRCA 1920 LARGE FRENCHE FULL COLOR SOCIETE FRANCAUSE DES MUNITIONS POSTER.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 640.00
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